U.S. patent application number 14/623484 was filed with the patent office on 2016-05-05 for message transmission method.
The applicant listed for this patent is CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD.. Invention is credited to Cheng-Yang Chen, Shih-Cheng Yang, Jia-Ming You.
Application Number | 20160128107 14/623484 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 53349820 |
Filed Date | 2016-05-05 |
United States Patent
Application |
20160128107 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Yang; Shih-Cheng ; et
al. |
May 5, 2016 |
MESSAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD
Abstract
A message transmission method includes steps of receiving a
identifier of a first wireless transmitter by a first portable
device; transmitting associative message of the wireless
transmitter by the first portable device; retrieving the identifier
of the targeted wireless transmitter according to the identifier
transmitted by the first wireless transmitter; linking the
associative message of the wireless transmitter with the identifier
of the targeted wireless transmitter; verifying the identifier of
the targeted wireless transmitter with a identifier transmitted by
a second wireless transmitter and received by a second portable
device to confirm whether the identifier is the same or not; and if
the identifier is the same, the second portable device retrieves
wireless transmitter associative message which is associative to
the identifier of the targeted wireless transmitter for later
application.
Inventors: |
Yang; Shih-Cheng; (Taoyuan
City, TW) ; You; Jia-Ming; (Taoyuan City, TW)
; Chen; Cheng-Yang; (Taoyuan City, TW) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD. |
Taoyuan City |
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TW |
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Family ID: |
53349820 |
Appl. No.: |
14/623484 |
Filed: |
February 16, 2015 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
370/329 |
Current CPC
Class: |
Y02D 70/38 20180101;
H04W 40/20 20130101; H04W 4/12 20130101; H04W 40/244 20130101; H04W
40/246 20130101; H04W 4/80 20180201; H04W 4/029 20180201; H04W
84/12 20130101; Y02D 70/142 20180101; Y02D 70/144 20180101; Y02D
30/70 20200801 |
International
Class: |
H04W 76/02 20060101
H04W076/02; H04W 40/24 20060101 H04W040/24; H04W 4/02 20060101
H04W004/02; H04W 4/00 20060101 H04W004/00 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Nov 3, 2014 |
TW |
103137979 |
Claims
1. A message transmission method, comprising steps of: receiving an
identifier of a first wireless transmitter by a first portable
device; transmitting associative message of the wireless
transmitter by the first portable device; retrieving the identifier
of the targeted wireless transmitter according to the identifier
transmitted by the first wireless transmitter; linking the
associative message of the wireless transmitter with the identifier
of the targeted wireless transmitter; verifying the identifier of
the targeted wireless transmitter with an identifier transmitted by
a second wireless transmitter and received by a second portable
device to confirm whether the identifier is the same or not; and if
the identifier is the same, the second portable device retrieves
wireless transmitter associative message which is associative to
the identifier of the targeted wireless transmitter for later
application.
2. The message transmission method as claimed in claim 1, further
comprising steps of: executing an internet cloud to receive the
identifier of the first wireless transmitter from the first
portable device via communication link; and finding the identifier
of the targeted wireless transmitter according to the identifier of
the first wireless transmitter by wireless transmitter personal
identification searching method.
3. The message transmission method as claimed in claim 2, wherein
the wireless transmitter personal identification searching method
comprises steps of: retrieving a wireless transmitter association
list; rendering the identifier of the source wireless transmitter
as a key to search the wireless transmitter association list; and
retrieving the identifier of the targeted wireless transmitter by
using associated identifier in the wireless transmitter association
list.
4. The message transmission method as claimed in claim 2, wherein
the wireless transmitter personal identification searching method
comprises steps of: retrieving position information of the wireless
transmitter; determining position of the wireless transmitter
according to the identifier of the source wireless transmitter;
determining a particular area according to the position of the
source wireless transmitter and assigning a wireless transmitter in
the particular area as the targeted wireless transmitter; and
retrieving the identifier of the targeted wireless transmitter.
5. The message transmission method as claimed in claim 4, wherein
the particular area takes the position of the source wireless
transmitter as the center of circle, the distance parameter as
radius, which means that the particular area is a circle area.
6. The message transmission method as claimed in claim 4, wherein
the wireless transmitter personal identification searching method
further comprises steps of: comparing the geometric range covered
by the particular area and the geometric range covered by the
signal range of the wireless transmitter; and if the two geometric
ranges intersect each other, then the wireless transmitter is
rendered as the wireless transmitter in the particular area.
7. The message transmission method as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the second portable device is configured to display or broadcast
the retrieved wireless transmitter associative message.
8. The message transmission method as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the second portable device is configured to mark the retrieved
associative message or the present position of the wireless
transmitter by a map application program.
9. The message transmission method as claimed in claim 8, wherein
the present position of the associated message of the wireless
transmitter is the setting position of the first wireless
transmitter on map.
10. The message transmission method as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the wireless transmitter is set in an indoor environment.
11. The message transmission method as claimed in claim 10, wherein
the wireless transmitter is a Beacon compatible with low power
Bluetooth communication protocol.
12. The message transmission method as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the associative message of the wireless transmitter comprises
emergency message or advertisement message.
13. The message transmission method as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the wireless transmitter is merely configured for identification
and is unable to connect to internet.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention is related to a message transmission
method. More particularly, the present invention is related to a
message transmission method using wireless transmitter in
assistance of transmitting message to a portable device.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0004] As technologies develops, the portable device is a trend,
and how to make user feel convenience of the portable device
becomes an issue, wherein message transmission plays an important
role.
[0005] Nowadays, message can be spread on internet, as long as the
portable device is capable of connecting to internet, it can
retrieve message via internet. Further, the portable device is able
to retrieve message via wireless access point, such as Wi-Fi AP, as
long as the device can be connected on and allowed to access data.
Although the wireless access point can provide such function, the
device has to be capable of internet connection function. Also, the
spread message cannot be filtered by geometric conditions.
[0006] Conventional message notice method applying geometric
conditions has to set up a region in computer system in advance,
and then transmit message to the mobile devices in the particular
range. The method has to set up particular message and user in the
particular region.
[0007] Moreover, there are other methods for portable device
retrieving message. Such as Taiwan patent No. I441535 "METHOD FOR
USING GEOGRAPHIC SIGNAL FINGERPRINT CLUSTER TO IMPLEMENT END-TO-END
MESSAGE PUSH", China published No. CN102821443A "Automatic
regional-information acquiring method and device based on WIFI
(wireless fidelity) technology", China published No. CN102802132A
"System and method for carrying out local information service by
using wireless local area network", US published No. 20090131079
"METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DELIVERING INFORMATION TO MOBILE DEVICES",
US published No. 20060172697 "Information broadcasting and support
system using mobile devices". But all the aforementioned prior art
failed in applying wireless transmitter to solve message notice
demand in indoor portion region environment.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0008] The objective of the present invention is to provide a
message transmission method comprising steps of receiving an
identifier (i.e. identifying information) of a first wireless
transmitter by a first portable device; transmitting associative
message of the wireless transmitter by the first portable device;
retrieving the i identifier of the targeted wireless transmitter
according to the identifier transmitted by the first wireless
transmitter; linking the associative message of the wireless
transmitter with the identifier of the targeted wireless
transmitter; verifying the identifier of the targeted wireless
transmitter with an identifier transmitted by a second wireless
transmitter and received by a second portable device to confirm
whether the identifier is the same or not; and if the identifier is
the same, the second portable device retrieves wireless transmitter
associative message which is associative to the identifier of the
targeted wireless transmitter for later application.
[0009] In another preferred embodiment, the message transmission
method further comprises steps of: executing an internet cloud to
receive the identifier of the first wireless transmitter from the
first portable device via communication link; and finding the
identifier of at least one second wireless transmitter according to
the identifier of the first wireless transmitter by wireless
transmitter personal identification searching method.
[0010] In another preferred embodiment, the wireless transmitter
personal identification searching method comprises steps of:
retrieving a wireless transmitter association list; rendering the
identifier of the source wireless transmitter as a key to search
the wireless transmitter association list; and retrieving the
identifier of the targeted wireless transmitter by using associated
identifier in the wireless transmitter association list.
[0011] In another preferred embodiment, the wireless transmitter
personal identification searching method comprises steps of:
retrieving position information of the wireless transmitter;
determining position of the wireless transmitter according to the
identifier of the source wireless transmitter; determining a
particular area according to the position of the source wireless
transmitter and assigning a wireless transmitter in the particular
area as the targeted wireless transmitter; and retrieving the
identifier of the targeted wireless transmitter.
[0012] In another preferred embodiment, the particular area takes
the position of the source wireless transmitter as the center of
circle, the distance parameter as radius, which means that the
particular area is a circle area.
[0013] In another preferred embodiment, the aforementioned wireless
transmitter personal identification searching method further
comprises steps of: comparing the geometric range covered by the
particular area and the geometric range covered by the signal range
of the wireless transmitter; and if the two geometric ranges
intersect each other, then the wireless transmitter is rendered as
the wireless transmitter in the particular area.
[0014] In another preferred embodiment, the second portable device
is configured to display or broadcast the retrieved wireless
transmitter associative message.
[0015] In another preferred embodiment, the second portable device
is configured to mark the retrieved associative message or the
present position of the wireless transmitter by a map application
program.
[0016] In another preferred embodiment, the present position of the
associated message of the wireless transmitter is the setting
position of the first wireless transmitter on map.
[0017] In another preferred embodiment, the wireless transmitter is
set in an indoor environment.
[0018] In another preferred embodiment, the wireless transmitter is
a Beacon compatible with low power Bluetooth communication
protocol.
[0019] In another preferred embodiment, the associative message of
the wireless transmitter comprises emergency message or
advertisement message.
[0020] In another preferred embodiment, the wireless transmitter is
merely configured for identification and is unable to connect to
internet.
[0021] As aforementioned described, the message transmission method
of the present invention is capable of the following characters:
[0022] 1. The present invention ensures the user of portable device
being able to freely recognize the present location by using nearby
wireless transmitter and retrieving message specifically assigned
in the location region. [0023] 2. The present invention ensures the
message being transmitted to the portable device without via
wireless transmitter, and that means the wireless transmitter can
be unable to connect to internet and reduce construction cost of
wireless transmitter. [0024] 3. The wireless transmitter mentioned
in the present invention can be a small-sized and simple message
transmission device. The message covering range, setting location
and distribution density of message transmission devices are
adjustable to determine message advertising or notice region. Thus
the message notice region can be flexibly adjusted.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0025] FIG. 1 shows the flow diagram of the message transmission
method for transmitting message to portable devices of the present
invention;
[0026] FIG. 2 shows a demonstrative picture of the present
invention;
[0027] FIG. 3 shows flow diagram of the wireless transmitter
personal identification searching method adopted by the present
invention;
[0028] FIG. 4 shows flow diagram of another wireless transmitter
personal identification searching method adopted by the present
invention;
[0029] FIG. 5 shows a position diagram of the first embodiment of
the present invention;
[0030] FIG. 6 shows a demonstrative picture of the first embodiment
of the present invention;
[0031] FIG. 7 shows a diagram of wireless transmitter associative
list of the first embodiment of the present invention;
[0032] FIG. 8 shows a diagram of emergency message data list of the
first embodiment of the present invention;
[0033] FIG. 9 shows a demonstrative picture of the second
embodiment of the present invention;
[0034] FIG. 10 shows a diagram of setting list of wireless
transmitter of the second embodiment of the present invention;
and
[0035] FIG. 11 shows a diagram of following up application of the
message of the second embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0036] FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show flow diagram and demonstrative
picture of the message transmission method of transmitting message
to a portable device of the present invention. The figures show two
wireless transmitters bc1 and bc2, wherein each wireless
transmitter can be treated as Beacon, which is configured to
communicate with other devices by low power Bluetooth 4.0
communication protocol. The figures further show two portable
devices pd1 and pd2, which are smart phone and preferably able to
communicate with the Beacon via low power Bluetooth 4.0
communication protocol to retrieve the identifier of the wireless
transmitter such as UUID, Major, and Minor. The portable devices
pd1 and pd2 are able to communicate with internet Cloud via
internet communication. The internet Cloud comprises at least a
remote server, which is configured to receive the identifier of
wireless transmitter and associative message of wireless
transmitter from the portable devices pd1 and pd2.
[0037] Refer to FIG. 1, in Step S100, the portable device pd1 is
configured to receive the identifier of the wireless transmitter
bc1 and transmit it to internet Cloud. In Step S200, the portable
device pd1 transmits a wireless transmitter associative message to
internet Cloud. In Step S300, on internet Cloud, a wireless
transmitter personal identification searching method is adapted to
find the identifier transmitted by the targeted wireless
transmitter according to the identifier of the wireless transmitter
bc1. In Step S400, the associative message of the wireless
transmitter is stored in internet Cloud, and the associative
message of the wireless transmitter is associated with the
identifier of the targeted wireless transmitter. In Step S500, the
identifier of the wireless transmitter bc2 received by the portable
device pd2 is compared with the identifier of the targeted wireless
transmitter to check whether the wireless transmitter bc2 is a
targeted wireless transmitter. Finally, in Step S600, if the
wireless transmitter bc2 is a targeted wireless transmitter, the
portable device pd2 is configured to access the wireless
transmitter associative message transmitted to the internet Cloud
by the portable device pd1.
[0038] FIG. 3 shows flow diagram of wireless transmitter personal
identification searching method of the present invention. It
comprises steps as below. In Step S310, it is executed to retrieve
wireless transmitter associative list. In Step S320, the identifier
of a source wireless transmitter is adapted as a key for searching
in the wireless transmitter associative list. In Step S330, it is
executed to retrieve the identifier of the targeted wireless
transmitter by using the identifier associative characters of the
wireless transmitter associative list.
[0039] FIG. 4 shows a flow diagram of another wireless transmitter
personal identification searching method of the present invention.
It comprises steps as below. In Step S311, it is executed to
retrieve position information of the wireless transmitter. In Step
S321, it is executed to determine position of the wireless
transmitter according to the identifier of the source wireless
transmitter. In Step S331, it is executed to determine a particular
area according to the position of the source wireless transmitter
and assign all wireless transmitters in the particular area as the
targeted wireless transmitter. In Step S341, it is executed to
retrieve the identifier of the targeted wireless transmitter.
[0040] More particularly, in Step S331 of "determining a particular
area and assigning all wireless transmitters in the particular
area", it comprises steps of: comparing the geometric range covered
by the particular area and the geometric range covered by the
signal range of the wireless transmitter; and if the two geometric
ranges intersect each other, then the wireless transmitter is
rendered as the wireless transmitter in the particular area.
[0041] To further explain the technical effects of the present
invention, the description below illustrates two embodiments, only
the present invention is not limited to the embodiments below.
First Embodiment
[0042] FIGS. 5, 6, 7 show position diagram, demonstrative picture
and Beacon associative list of a first embodiment of the present
invention. In FIG. 5, A and B respectively represent two positions
far apart from each other. In FIG. 6, the area plan view shows
indoor plan view of position A, and bc1, bc2, bc3, and bc4
respectively represent four wireless transmitters (Beacon) in the
position A for identification without internet communication
function, and pd1 and pd2 are held by two persons A and B for Cloud
communication and data transmission.
[0043] First, the person A transmits a predetermined emergency
message, such as "Help me" on the portable device pd1 to the
surrounding people. When the person A trigger the action by the
user interface of the portable device pd1, the portable device pd1
first does a search and retrieves UUID, Major, Minor information of
the closest wireless transmitter bc1, and codes the information
into an identifier bc1_id, the identifier bc1_id and emergency
message are then transmitted to the internet Cloud. Then refer to
FIG. 3 and FIG. 7, when the internet Cloud retrieves Beacon
associative list, it uses identifier bc1_id as a key to determine
identifier bc2_id and bc3_id of targeted Beacons. Then refer to
FIG. 8, it shows diagram of an emergency message data list of the
first embodiment of the present invention. It is configured to set
emergency message in the identifier bc2_id and bc3_id with an
effective time period of the emergency message.
[0044] When the person B passes through near the wireless
transmitter bc2, the portable device pd2 receives the UUID, Major,
and Minor of the wireless transmitter bc2 and codes them into an
identifier bc2_id and then transmits the identifier bc2_id to the
internet Cloud for personal identification. Refer to FIG. 8, after
identification it shows that the identifier bc2_id carries an
emergency message, meanwhile the Cloud system time is 15: 10, Jul.
24, 2014, which is within the effective time period of the
emergency time period. Then the Cloud transmits the emergency
message to the portable device pd2.
[0045] Refer to FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, if the person B passes through
the wireless transmitter bc3, the person B can also receive the
message since the identifier bc3_id carries the emergency message
too. If the person B passes through the wireless transmitter bc4,
the person B would not receive the message since the identifier
bc4_id does not carry any emergency message, and the person B is
unable to receive the emergency message transmitted by the person
A. The source wireless transmitter identifier bc1_id is only
corresponding to the targeted Beacon identifier bc2_id and bc3_id,
thus, if there is other wireless transmitter set in the position B,
and the person B passes through the wireless transmitter, the
person B is unable to receive the emergency message.
Second Embodiment
[0046] FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 respectively show demonstrative picture
and Beacon distribution of the second embodiment of the present
invention. Rectangle cs1 represents a store, and bc21.about.bc211
respectively represent eleven wireless transmitters, wherein the
wireless transmitter bc21 is installed in the store cs1, and nb21
is a notebook belonged to the store cs1 and set inside the store,
which is able to communicate with the wireless transmitter bc21 via
low power Bluetooth 4.0 communication protocol. Pd21.about.pd24 are
four smart phones, which are able to communicate with the internet
Cloud respectively for data transmission and installed with map
application program for marking position of message. Dashed circle
C represents a border line, the center of circle is the wireless
transmitter bc21 and the radius is 500 meters to construct a
circular area.
[0047] Operation of the second embodiment is described as below.
First, a store staff inputs a message via a user interface of the
notebook nb21. The message is like "all products 50% off today" for
example. The notebook nb21 then scans to find out the nearest
wireless transmitter bc21 and retrieves the identifier of the
wireless transmitter bc21, then transmits the message and the
identifier of the wireless transmitter bc21 to the internet Cloud.
Then, refer to FIG. 4, FIG. 9, and FIG. 10, all position
information on map of the wireless transmitters are generated on
internet Cloud, and the position of the wireless transmitter bc21
is determined based on the identifier of the wireless transmitter
bc21. Then the internet Cloud calculates all wireless transmitters
located within the circular area defined by the border line C that
is, finding out all wireless transmitters located within 500 meters
from the wireless transmitter bc21. In the embodiment, the wireless
transmitter bc22 and wireless transmitter bc23 meet the conditions
and are rendered as targeted Beacons. Then the identifier bc22_id
and bc23_id of the targeted Beacons are retrieved and the message
from the notebook nb21 is corresponding to the identifier of the
targeted Beacons.
[0048] Later, when the smart phone is able to receive the signal of
wireless transmitter bc22 or bc23, for example, the smart phone
pd21 or pd22 is able to detect user operation by mechanism of the
smart phone, such as detecting displacement by acceleration sensor
to know the demand of user. Then the smart phone pd21 or pd22 scans
nearby wireless transmitter signal to retrieve the identifier of
wireless transmitter. Then the smart phone connects to internet
Cloud and uploads the identifier of wireless transmitter. Then the
identifier bc22_id or bc23_id of the wireless transmitter is
confirmed on internet Cloud. Finally the message corresponding to
the identifier bc22_id or bc23_id and the message position of the
wireless transmitter are transmitted to the smart phone pd21 or
pd22, and the map application program is automatically executed to
mark message position for providing the message to the user as
shown in FIG. 11.
[0049] Then, refer to FIG. 9, the smart phone pd23 and pd24 are
near to smart phones bc28 and bc211 instead of being within the
circular area defined by border line C, i.e. the message
advertising range of the store cs1, and are unable to retrieve the
message of the store cs1.
[0050] As the aforementioned description, the message transmission
method for transmitting message to portable devices of the present
invention is able to reduce chance of receiving improper message
when the user searches or retrieves message, and ensure the message
provider sending the message to proper area to enhance
appropriateness of message announcement. The present invention can
be applied indoor to enhance flexibility of message transmission in
indoor environment.
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